Author: Jared M. DiamondPublisher:ISBN: 9780140279511Size: 16.84 MBFormat: PDFView: 3370DownloadRead Online
Bringing together evidence from many sources and piecing together the myriad influences, from climate to culture, that make societies self-destruct, this book shows how unlike our ancestors we can benefit from our knowledge of the past.

Author: Jared DiamondPublisher: Penguin UKISBN: 1846148154Size: 75.18 MBFormat: PDF, KindleView: 1881DownloadRead Online
In The World Until Yesterday, Diamond reveals how traditional societies around the world offer an extraordinary window onto how our ancestors lived for the majority of human history - until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms - and ...

Author: Joseph TainterPublisher: Cambridge University PressISBN: 9780521386739Size: 15.51 MBFormat: PDF, DocsView: 7665DownloadRead Online
Dr Tainter describes nearly two dozen cases of collapse and reviews more than 2000 years of explanations. He then develops a new and far-reaching theory.

Author: Charles L. RedmanPublisher: University of Arizona PressISBN: 9780816519637Size: 21.30 MBFormat: PDF, ePub, DocsView: 2135DownloadRead Online
Human Impact on Ancient Environments demonstrates how archaeological research can provide unique insights into the nature of human stewardship of the Earth and can permanently alter the way we think about humans and the environment.

Author: Jared DiamondPublisher: Hachette UKISBN: 1780227655Size: 51.28 MBFormat: PDFView: 2229DownloadRead Online
Human sexuality seems normal to us but it is bizarre by the standards of other animals. Jared Diamond argues that our strange sex lives were as crucial to our rise to human status as were our large brains.

Author: Jared DiamondPublisher: Harvard University PressISBN: 0674076729Size: 69.91 MBFormat: PDF, MobiView: 2161DownloadRead Online
That means, according to the editors, “comparing, preferably quantitatively and aided by statistical analyses, different systems that are similar in many respects, but that differ with respect to the factors whose influence one wishes to ...